Sports & Recreation

ATLANTA --The Atlanta Dream announced today the team has signed guard Kelly Mazzante and waived guard Brittainey Raven.

"Kelly is the type of player that can step up and contribute right away," said Dream General Manager and Head Coach Marynell Meadors. "It was a difficult decision to let Brittainey go, but I am excited about what Kelly brings to our team. She is a veteran leader and an outside scoring threat that can stretch the defense. Her experience and ability to spot up and knock down the shot is going to help us."

ATLANTA -- Georgia State's 2011 football season opener against Clark Atlanta will be played Friday night, Sept. 2 at the Georgia Dome.

The game between the two downtown Atlanta schools is part of a football-filled weekend at the Georgia Dome. The Atlanta Falcons are scheduled to host their final exhibition game against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sept. 1, and the day following the GSU-Clark Atlanta game, the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game pits Georgia against Boise State on Saturday, Sept. 3.

Georgia State also announced the addition of the University of St.

Francis to the schedule on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Georgia Dome. St.

Francis, an NAIA program in Joliet, Ill., replaces Lambuth, which discontinued operations this spring.

Nothing says Father’s Day like a day at the ballpark. And what better ballpark than Turner Field, cheering on the Braves!
KidVentures plans local field trips for parents & kids all over town! They do all the hard work so you don’t have to! With a ton of fun things planned this summer, they are sure to have something that you & your kids will enjoy. Be sure to follow their adventures on their Facebook page.

One such adventure is a fun tour of Turner Field on Father’s Day Weekend – Saturday, June 18th.

Atlanta, GA -- (submitted by Atlanta Hawks) In an effort to provide area youth with instructional, hands-on fundamental basketball training during the NBA offseason, the Atlanta Hawks have announced their 2011 Summer Sessions presented by Philips.

The Atlanta Hawks Summer Sessions consist of eight, two-day minicamps to be held at various locations throughout metro Atlanta beginning on June 3 and running through the end of the month. The minicamps are available for boys and girls ages seven to 16 and will focus on the fundamentals of basketball, as well as the importance of education, dedication, teamwork, responsibility and most of all, having fun.

Several current and former Hawks players will participate in select sessions. Damien Wilkins will attend the minicamp on June 7 at Philips Arena from 11:30 a.m.

DULUTH, Ga. -- When it comes to the NHL in Atlanta, Bobby Stewart has seen it all. He has served both the Flames and Thrashers as Head Equipment Manager.

The official announcement of the Trashers sell and relocation to Winnipeg brings some familiar feelings for Stewart, who joined the Flames in 1973 and moved to Calgary in 1980. The native of Montreal loved Atlanta and jumped at the chance to return when the Thrashers landed in 1999. Now he is faced with helping another NHL team pack to leave Atlanta and head north to Canada.

ATLANTA – For this week’s installment of Best Spots, we've compiled a list of the best golf courses in for you to take a break and tee it off while the weather is nice.

The Ansley Golf Club is one of Georgia’s premier 9-hole golf courses in midtown Atlanta. The course has been ranked in the Top 5 nationally by Sports Illustrated Magazine. A membership to this club includes two golf experiences one in Midtown and an 18-hole championship course in Settindown Creek. The 18-hole course was ranked number 13 in the “Best in State” golf courses for 2005-2006 in Golf Digest. This course has hosted a number of championships and qualifiers. Membership to this club is by invitation and nominations are reviewed monthly. Ansley Golf Club is located at 196 Montgomery Ferry Drive in Atlanta.

The Bobby Jones Golf Course is located in the heart of Buckhead and has history dating back to the Civil War. The course was recently renovated and is an 18-hole public golf course.

SW Atlanta -- Orlando Hudson, 2nd baseman for the San Diego Padres is committed to supporting and recruiting more Black Americans to the sport of baseball. There has been a dramatic decrease in the amount of Black American players in the Major Leagues since the late 60's and the days after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.

Hudson believes that baseball is the best and hardest sport in the world and that the youth just do not get a chance to see as much of it as they do with football and basketball.

Three years ago he started the Round the Mound program which is a 5 city tour which stops at various inner city baseball parks to show his appreciation and support of the players and the coaches that are keeping baseball relevant . He also hopes to reach kids that may not be playing baseball and parents who may not think of baseball as a preferred sport, and to show them how much funand the upsides of playing ball.